Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In addition , young Christians often face a crisis in their faith , because employers tend to discriminate against the country 's Christian minority . |
| 2 | NEC is to develop a special version of its UP 4800 server series for Control Data , with shipments expected to begin in the second half of 1993 . |
| 3 | However , when the opportunity arose to participate in the Programme as a SCOTVEC National Development Officer , the changes began again to figure fairly prominently . |
| 4 | Tragically , Jim failed to recover from the stroke he had suffered on the Saturday morning ( 28th May ) and died the following morning . |
| 5 | The erm draft of or the advice that the local planning authorities intend to give to the secretary of state is currently out for consultation , we hope that it will be submitted by the end of the year . |
| 6 | Their problem is their flower buds tend to swell in the winter and can be damaged by frost or winds . |
| 7 | MPs who on the whole tend to be rather casual about going to meetings organised for their benefit by pressure groups tend to go to the nuclear forum , because it is always well-structured and organised , and because they can then say to constituents who work in either the nuclear industry or the nuclear supply industry that they have been , and still are , taking an interest in the decisions that affect those particular electors . |
| 8 | In rural areas the school frequently serves as a focal point for the local community — its removal can have a detrimental effect in that it may become increasingly difficult to attract new families to settle , the younger age groups tend to drift towards the neighbouring towns and the average age of the remaining inhabitants goes on rising . |
| 9 | These groups tend to locate in the older urban cores as a result of factors examined earlier . |
| 10 | Although both groups tend to appear as a limited disease , most cases being in stage I-IIE , the morphohistological subtype seems to be a decisive factor in dissemination , as only one case ( 5% ) of low grade/mixed grade compared with 20% of the patients with high grade were classified as stage IV . |
| 11 | Initially , the chemical potential µ 1 , of the solvent in the solution , is lower than that of the pure solvent , µ 1 ° and solvent molecules tend to pass through the membrane into the solution in order to attain equilibrium . |
| 12 | Irish scrum-halves tend to arrive on the scene than at 22 . |
| 13 | Target-oriented programmes tend to concentrate on a small number of permanent or semi-permanent methods ( sterilisation or IUD ) to minimise dropout rates . |
| 14 | Criminal laws aimed at regulating corporate activities tend to refer to a specific rather than a general class of behaviour . |
| 15 | Not prone to understatement , our Michael , as witness the opening paragraph of his colourful piece on the day Tendulkar took the field for the first time : The ghost of Lord Hawke failed to rise from the grave . |
| 16 | Proposals to limit the sovereignty of parliament tend to centre on the introduction of a written constitution with judicial review and the entrenchment of a Bill of Rights as some kind of " higher " law beyond easy parliamentary repeal . |
| 17 | In return the states agreed to co-operate with the federal government in reducing duplication of health and welfare services , cutting losses in state-owned businesses , co-ordinating infrastructure spending , and harmonizing regulations in areas such as environmental protection and professional qualifications . |
| 18 | Autobiographies , ghosted or not , and ‘ humorous ’ essays tend to lurk in the literary equivalent of shark-infested waters . |
| 19 | ‘ And when does Lisabeth want to move into the annexe ? |
| 20 | several Journalism students formed part of the reporting team of Summit Radio , a week-long project of topical , cultural and current affairs radio programmes timed to coincide with the Edinburgh Summit in November 1992 ; |
| 21 | At the meeting on the 5 November the BSI Standards Board agreed to recommend to the BSI Main Board , which met on the 28 November , that the new body be permanently established . |
| 22 | In public bureaucracies there may be conflicts of interest between different levels of the hierarchy arising from the values which different strata bring to bear on the policies being pursued by the government . |
| 23 | But there was to be no repeat performance as the 2-5 favourite failed to sparkle in the two and a quarter mile Haldon Gold Cup . |
| 24 | A similar campaign finance bill ( including the honoraria ban and limitation on outside income ) was passed by the Senate in 1990 but was lost at the end of the congressional session when the two Houses failed to agree upon the final form of the legislation . |
| 25 | Male and female take turns to perch on the bulky drum-nest of seaweed , incubating the single stained white egg . |
| 26 | It must be said that in Britain the new public library authorities created in 1972 have in many cases failed to capitalize on the opportunities for better stock provision which the larger units were supposedly able to achieve . |
| 27 | ‘ The opening of our new office demonstrates our commitment to our future involvement in Slovakia and gives us the opportunity to continue to build on the excellent relations that have already been established , ’ he added . |
| 28 | At the same time , British Rail agreed to withdraw for the next six months a proposed price increase for carrying the high quality limestone to the BS works at Redcar . |
| 29 | I began by learning a bit of the trade and spent a summer up at Glenfiddich helping to put in a new storehouse . |
| 30 | The SFO only becomes involved in cases where more than £1 million is involved , and most cases tend to come from the DTI . |